In a bombastic two-page article, printed in The Guardian, Mr Dacre came
out fighting and accused detractors of engaging in “unpleasant intellectual
snobbery”.

He used the commentary, which also appears in today’s Daily Mail,
to claim that the anger over the Ralph Miliband feature headlined “The Man
Who Hated Britain” had been deliberately stoked by the left-wing media,
including the BBC.

Mr Dacre said the reaction to the row had shown why politicians “must not be